Re: Limited broadband allowance - how to enforce in the house during the day

[Andy Powell <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You could rate limit his connection to 1 kb/hour until he learns...

Andy

On 11 May 2009, at 09:14, Stuart Grimshaw wrote:

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> You could always try looking at other ISPs that fit your usage better?
> I bet you could find one cheaper too ...
>
> Of course, I would say that though ;-)
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> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:44 AM, noel_pilot <HA@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Morning all,
> >
> > I'm using AAISP for my home broadband on their 3gb package (3gb
> download between 9am and 6pm I think it is then unlimited downloads
> off peak)
> >
> > We keep exceeding our limit either accidentally (me leaving a
> download running) or by my housemate using it excessively in the
> daytime when he shouldn't.
> >
> > So....How can I stop it?  Ideally want a way to limit the total
> amount downloadable during those hours, guessing this is going to
> involve a router change but if it could be done by software that
> would run on a mac I could always use the proposed mac mini purchase
> to act as a gateway of some sort with all access going through it.
> >
> > Would also ideally like an override so if I need/want to do
> something and the limits been hit I can bypass.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Noel
> >
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